The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, nicknamed the Cotton Belt Route or simply the Cotton Belt, was a Class I railroad that operated between St. Louis, Missouri, and points in Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana and Texas from 1891 to 1980, later extending into Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. It operated as a Southern Pacific subsidiary from 1932 until 1992, when its operations were assumed by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
Facts
Company Type Founded Year Chronology
Dissolved Year In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: St. Louis, located there.
Sources
1. Wikidata: St. Louis Southwestern Railway
WikidataWikidata item description
defunct American railway (1891-1992)
Wikidata statement: inception (P571)
inception: 1891
Wikidata statement: dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576)
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1992
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